Red Alert!!!!!!!hatton To Be Offered 30mil To Fight Oscar At Wimberley

[Jim_Davis]

Wimberly? lol

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

I agree, but I'm of the contention that, for Oscar, it wouldn't really be about the money. He has the money. But he doesn't have the experience of fighting in front of a 90,000 fan live gate. A fight at 2am in front of 90,000 fans would be a once in a lifetime experience. And the money would be there from gate reciepts, sponsorship and of course the PPVs. Oscar would make close to his usual money, but he'd have done the big live fight.

90,000 fans now?

[Mozza]

No offence, but the idea that putting a PPV on at 5PM wouldn't effect sales is absurd. A lot of people aren't even home from work by 5.

I didn't say there would be no impact on sales what I said was that the impact would be minimal. Maybe you would like to offer a suggestion as to how big an impact a 5PM fight would have on sales but somehow I doubt you will be able to come up with a reasonable figure.

[Mozza]

Dude,

I am trying to explain the realities of the American TV/commercial system to you and you are holding on to a very ****ty position.

Again: Saturday afternoon is a TERRIBLE time for a PPV boxing match. It would DEFINITELY adversely impact sales.

Give that validity, or toss it in the trash.

You have completely ignored my question because quite simply you know that any bars that normally show PPV boxing will continue to show it regardless of whether it is on at 5PM at night or not. Your point about the casinos has some validity but that ultimately doesn't matter either because if this hypothetical fight is to go ahead it will go ahead because Oscar wants it to.

[Crazy Dude]

I didn't say there would be no impact on sales what I said was that the impact would be minimal. Maybe you would like to offer a suggestion as to how big an impact a 5PM fight would have on sales but somehow I doubt you will be able to come up with a reasonable figure.

If the PPV is at 5PM, this is who will have the opportunity to order it :
-people who don't work (and generally don't have money to pay for it)
-people who leave work early and have a short commute.

People who don't leave work early or don't have a short commute won't be ordering it. You may think that they’re a 'minimal' section of the people who order PPVs. It seems obvious to me they’re not.

[Mozza]

If the PPV is at 5PM, this is who will have the opportunity to order it :
-people who don't work (and generally don't have money to pay for it)
-people who leave work early and have a short commute.

People who don't leave work early or don't have a short commute won't be ordering it. You may think that they’re a 'minimal' section of the people who order PPVs. It seems obvious to me they’re not.

How many people work at that time on a Saturday?

[Crazy Dude]

Good point. The impact wouldn’t be the same on a Saturday as on a Friday with regards work.

The fact is though people have schedules and they fit activities into schedules. They'll plan their schedules around certain events if they're important enough, otherwise not. You maximize the revenue by not only getting die hard fans who will watch at any time but by getting casual fans that will watch it if it’s convenient. DLH-Mayweather just broke all the records because it succeeded with casual fans.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Good point. The impact wouldn’t be the same on a Saturday as on a Friday with regards work.

The fact is though people have schedules and they fit activities into schedules. They'll plan their schedules around certain events if they're important enough, otherwise not. You maximize the revenue by not only getting die hard fans who will watch at any time but by getting casual fans that will watch it if it’s convenient. DLH-Mayweather just broke all the records because it succeeded with casual fans.

Great point. Exactly.

Additionally, I think it is a disadvantage for the traveling fighter to fight in the middle of the night. Tszyu showed up a week prior and fought at a time when he was normally sleeping.

Fighters go to bed early and wake early to do roadwork. No excuses, but Zoo short-changed himself by adapting to that 2am fight schedule.

Side note: did anyone notice the post-fight press confernce when Arum called Wayne Rooney "the best footballer in the world"? I threw up in my mouth.

And I'm disappointed in Rooney for not immediately slapping Arum.

[McNulty]

PBF-ODLH (while an aberration) did ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY million in PPV revenues.

i think they said it was 156/mill

I dont believe the 30/60 mill bull**** for a second